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Use Of Repetition In Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

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Edgar Allan Poe stands out for his extraordinary use of repetition. In his lifetime, he wrote and edited many works of art. In one of his most famous poems, The Raven, a narrator is reading when he hears something tapping at his window. He finds out that this “something” is a raven who responds to all his questions with “nevermore”. The narrator asks about his future and about the death of Lenore. He asks, “‘Respite - respite and nepenthe, from thy memories of Lenore: Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!’ Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore (84).”” The man questions if he would ever stop grieving for Lenore and, of course, the raven answers with “nevermore”. Poe’s use of repetition helps the flow and provides the reader
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